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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, I960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
GARDEN
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
DAHLIAS ..
After the first killing frost
dahlias should be lifted. Dig
the clump with six inches of
stem. Clean and let dry thor
oughly. Be careful not to
break the neck of the tubers.
Place the clumps in boxes
or flats and fill with dry saw
dust or peat to prevent shriv
eling. Store In a dry frost free
location.
In well drained locations
dahlias may be left in the
ground. Cut the stems back
to ground level. Clean the
area of plant debris and place
three inches of mulch over
the area. In the spring the
clumps are lifted and di
vided. PEONIES
Cut peony foliage to ground
level when it begins to wither.
Discard the foliage as it may
be a source of botrytis blight.
Remove debris and place a
. mulch over the roots.
Peonies are best in a sunny
well drained location free
from the roots of other plants.
Do not disturb the roots after
planting.
Plant peonies in a well pre
pared garden soil. To Insure
good flowering place the bud
one inch below the soil line
on a firm mound. Deeper
plantings may hinder flower
ing. A handful of bonemeal
placed two inches below the
roots is recommended.
Time To Start Planting
Bulbs, Nurseryman Says
By J. VERNON MARSHALL
Rogue Villey Nurserymen
October - It is time again,
to start planting fall bulbs.
If you would like a variety
of early spring flowers, bulbs
should be planted through
September, October and No
vember, and some planting
In December for real late
spring flowers. No matter
how large or small your gar
den, how good or poor your
facilities for growing cut
flowers, so-called Dutch bulbs
can always supply you with
plenty of spring flowers
With all the many varieties
on hand and their easy cul
ture there isn't any good rea
son why even the small flow-
Crater Vo-Ag
Tops
Erollmenf
01 Previous Years
By ALAN BRAY
Crater FFA Reporter
The Crater vocational agri
culture department currently
has an enrollment of 121 boys.
This surpasses any previous
year's enrollment.
Forty-eight of the members
are in Ag. I, the beginning
year of agriculture. This dims
has just completed a unit of in
struction on the foundation,
purpose and policies of voca
tional agriculture and Future
Farmers-of America.
Currently the Ag. I students
are studying farm tractors
and implements with emphasis
on equipment which the chap
ter uses. At the end of the
' course the boys take a tractor
test covering the material re
ceived In the classroom. Those
receiving a grade of 100 are
allowed to use the chapter
tractor and implements on
their home projects.
After the tractor unit, the
boys will study record keep
ing, livestock feeding, begin
ning dairy, sheep, swine and
beef, elementary disease con
trol, parliamentary procedure
and farm shop skills.
The shop skills will Include
electric and acetylene weld
ing, cutting, brazing and
forge work. Rope work teach
es the boys how to tie dif
ferent knots and make rope
halters.
Thirty-four boys are enroll
ed In Ag II. Here the boys
devote most of their work
to farm mechanics and agri
cultural engineering.
Ag. Ill has 28 members en
rolled and Ag. IV 14. These
two olasses study advanced
agricultural science, manage
ment and farm practices.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE
The bordeaux mixture is
one of the oldest and widely
used fungicides. This mixture
offers best control for many
present day diseases.
A home formula would be
to mix two ounces of copper
sulfate to one gallon watcV In
an earthenware, glass or wood
container and two ounces of
hydrated lime In a second
container.
When both solutions are
thoroughly mixed pour the
two together stirring con
stantly. The final -solution
should be of a light blue
color'.
For best results use the bor
deaux mixture Immediately
after mixing. Agitate the mix
ture while you spray.
Commercially prepared mix
tures are available. These
mixtures are very conveni
ent since they only require
the addition of water.
MOTES
BULBS
Before planting soak bulbs
in a solution of 113 table
spoons of heptachlor per gal
lon water for 30 minutes to
prevent infestations of the
narcissus bulb fly.
A fungicide such as Ferbam
may be added to this solution
to prevent basal rot. If the
bulbs are dipped in a nor
mone powder before planting
the fungicide may be added
then. The hormone powder
will stimulate root growth.
CARPET BEETLES
Frequent examinations for
this pest will prevent serious
damage. Larvae feed on wool
en fabrics, carpets and fur.
They are oval shaped, one-
fourth inch long and have a
fuzzy appearance. The adults
may be mottled white, yellow
brown and black or pure
black.
Carpet beetles are found
along baseboards and mold
ings, behind radiators and
heavy furniture and in air
ducks.
Thorough vacuming and
other good housekeeping prac
tice will help control this pest
Do not leave woolen scraps
or garments laying on shelves.
If infestations occur spray
the area with a 9 per cent
household DDT solution. Also
spray behind radiators, in cor
ners and cracks and along
moldings and carpeting.
er garden cannot supply a
variety of color, starting
early in the spring, and
stretching to late spring, ac
cording to when bulbs are
planted. If you use these
three fall months for plant
ing bulbs, you will have three
months in the spring of con
tinuous beauty.
Bulbs Available
There are plenty of bulbs
in the valley now to be pur
chased from your nursery
men, or flower shops. Start
planting as early as you can
In order to have well-rooted
plants. If you wish to dig
sotne to bring Inside to force
for winter flowers, they will
be well rooted for that.
While you are at It, why
not buy a few extra choice
bulbs, and not only have
beautiful spring flowers, but
have winter house flowers as
well by preparing some for
forcing? Nothing will bright
en winter days better than
flowers on your window sill,
grown from bulbs. Do not
buy cheap bulbs for forcing,
It does not pay to buy cheao
bulbs for outside growth
either. A few pointers on pre
paring bulbs for forcing
Bulbs potted for the house
must spend ,a cool weather
growing a set of roots to sup
port flowers later on.
The Ideal temperature
range for such root growth is
between 34 degrees and 40
degrees. Freezing will not
harm root or bulb, but the
growth will stop until temp
eratures rise again. Potted
bulbs should spend from six
to eight weeks in a cool, dark,
protected place. Cover over
in your garden or under saw
dust. There the roots can de
velop while the top growth
remains dormant. When the
bulbs are , brought Into
warmth and light, the tops
will start to grow. These
bulbs may be brought In,
starting from the middle of
November all through the
winter, for house forclnc.
The change In temperature,
it it can be controlled, should
be gradual, 50 degrees to 60
degrees, for two or three
weeks. After bringing them
Indoors temperature can be
raised to 60 degrees or
higher, If necessary, to bring
buds Into flower. These bulbs
will adjust themselves to a
wide range of growing con
ditions Indoors. For best flow
ering they must have at least
three or four hours of direct
sun. Also, remember for In
door flowering, do not buy
cheap bulbs, buy top-size
bulbs of good forcing variety.
varieties uiven
Here are some of the best
forcing varieties-Tulips, Bar
tigon (red), Aristocrat (pink).
Golden Age (yellow), The Vel
vet King (purple), Orange
Favorite, and the Sunshine,
good patriot tulips for forc
ing. For early outside flow
ers, don't forget the Red Em
peror. The new White Em
peror produces a beautiful
pure white flower. These tu
lips bloom while the other
tulips are still in bud. Here
are some forcing varieties In
Hyaclnths-La-Vicloria (red).
City of Haarlem (yellow).
Pink Pearl, and Innocence.
which is a beautiful creamy
white. For Daffodils, King
Alfred Is still one of the fa
vorite yellow trumpets, net
double nose bulbs, plant
about three bulbs in 6" pots.
If you follow this procedure
you may have flowers or
green growing folllace In the
house all winter. Use ordin
ary garden soil. Mix with
Michigan peat for best re
sults. ,
Farm Notes
By JOHN McLOUGHLIN
County Extension Agent
Berckman's Blight of Arbor
vitae Spray applications should
now be made for control of
Berckmann's blight in Arbor-
vitae shrubbery trees.
This fungus disease is read
ily recognized by the brown,
dead areas in the foliage oc
curring earlier in the season
At that time the foliage take
on a grayish cast, then turns
a reddish-brown as the fungus
moves down the small
branches which become gird
led and die. Towards the fall
the foliage sheds, leaving un
sightly masses of gray stems
Whenever Oriental arborvi-
tae growing in western Ore
gon develop brown areas in
the outer foliage, or appear
dead at the tops, the trouble
is almost certain to be due
to the Coryncum fungus caus
ing this disease.
Only the Oriental arborvt-
tae is attacked, including the
Beckmann group. American
and European species are im
mune. Golden arborvltae is
the most susceptible of all.
To control Berckmann's
blight cut out and burn all
dead and dying twigs and
branches. Spray the trees in
early October and early No
vember with a tribasic copper
sulfate at three tablespoons
per gallon of water. All trees
including those which appear
healthy should be sprayed. If
rain occurs before the spray
dries on the trees apply a
second application. Add a
spreader sticker to all sprays.
Washington - IUPD - House
wives will pay lower retail
prices for nearly all cuts of
red meat this fall because of
seasonally increased supplies,
the agriculture department
said in a marketing report.
The department said the
price declines probably will
be less than usual because
supplies of red meat during
the next few months will av
erage below those of last
year. Beef supplies will be
more plentiful, but less pork
will be available.
An Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) survey shows
that more than half of all
U.S. families bought canned
peaches, canned fruit cocktail,
canned snap beans, canned
corn, and canned peas during
a recent 12-month period.
About seven out of- every
10 families bought canned
corn and canned peas. Six out
of every 10 bought canned
peaches, and almost as many
bought canned fruit cocktail.
Slightly more than half of
all families bought canned
snap beans.
Washington- lUPII -The agri
culture department predicts
the fall pig crop in 10 corn
belt slates will fall 3 per cent
irom 1USB.
But the department said
the price boosting drop in
hog production apparently
could be reversed late this
year with output going up
4 per cent in the first half
of the 1B61 season.
Washlngton-IUPU-The Agri
culture Department said to
day the value of farm real
estate slipped a fraction na
tionally in the four months
between March 1 and July 1
for the first time since 1952.
The economics staff of the
Agricultural Researce Service
estimated the total market
value of farm real estate as
of July 1 at $128.8 billion or
5111.24 per acre.
Washington - IUPD - The ag
riculture department's evalu
ation of the current farm real
estate market shows that the
highest priced farms - includ
ing buildings and land - are
in the eastern Corn Belt.
In the year ended March
15, lands rated as "good"
land in the eastern Corn Belt
sold for an average of $434
an acre. "Poor" land in the
sarhe area averaged $144 per
acre.
About 160,000 farms and
parcels of land totaling near
ly 27 million acres were In
volved in voluntary and es
tate sales in the year ended
March 15. The total sale val
ue of these transfers amounted
to about $3.2 billion, or an
average of about $20,000 per
iransicr. tne average sale was
tots acres.
The rate of voluntary
transfers at 30.7 per 1.000
farms during the year was 2
per cent less than that In the
previous 12 months and the
lowest since 1939-40. The rate
of farm foreclosures, includ
ing assignments to avoid fore
closures, bankruptcies, and
related c'cfaults was 1.6 farms
per 1,000, or a national total
of about 6,500 such transfers.
Washington- IUPD -Hersehel
Ncwsom, master of the Na
tional Grange, said the
farm proposals of both presi
dential candidates leave "a
great deal to be desired so
far.
Ncwsom's comments indi
cated, however, that up to
now he leaned more toward
Democratic nominee John F.
Kennedy's farm program than
toward GOP nominee Rich
ard M. Nixon's proposals.
- CHIT
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune srm Editor
Grandpa and Grandma are here from North Dakota to
see their granddaughters Little Bit and Very Little Bit. The
first thing Grandma did was start a thorough housecleaning.
She started at one end of the house and worked clean to
me inner ena. tven went
..b uuae oi apsom salts ana
During her cleanup she worked her way into the study
and started stacking up various papers, notes and memor
andum we had piled around. One of these notes was that
vBt-- uuun, oams vaney
has been elected chairman of
for Kennedy committee. This
George, also the "Mayor of Sams Valley," asked that
all farmers attending the meeting spread the Democratic
farm gospel among their friends and neighbors. He also
asked them to have some information prepared for Michigan
Gov. Mennen G. (Soapy) Williams' appearance here Oct. 24.
A big farm rally is planned and the Jackson farm platform
will be presented.
Listening to approximately
national farm problems during the luncheon meeting, we
wondered what happened
could be wrong, but when
dustry including packing house operators and orchardists,
It would seem that most of the county's horticulture people
are Republicans. Why haven't they formed some sort of
an organization outside of the Jackson County Fruit Growers'
League, etc.? This leads to the. inevitable conclusion that
politically there are Democrats, Republicans and the pear
industry.
Harper Edwards, chairman
cratic Central Committee, mentioned that his brother wrote
legislation for the Idaho Wheat commission and is treasurer
of the Wheat Growers' Association of the Western States.
ne saia, we snoman ; view the wheat surplus problem as
cause for alarm but as an instrument for peace and plenty."
Other peoples' comments were: "Wb hnr . lot shnt
surplus and subsidization of agriculture, but never hear about
other forms of government subsidies. How about construc
tion of power dams, construction of freeways which serve
the trucking industry, etc." Farmers
fl1 nnn i : i - .
Another comment: "We h
the world. Yet it takes a year
consider possible world emergencies, we don't really have
much of a crop surplus. We should have some kind of world
relief program through which this surplus food can be dis
tributed to needy peoples."
Yet another comment: "Jackson
with three main problems.
agricultural land, farm cipdit and farm labor. Considering
the first problem, population expansion brings a real need
for more water. The Democrats have done more toward
construction of multi-purpose dams than the Republicans."
(After looking at a man of bureau of reclamation nmioMc
and proposed projects, we seriously question this.)
"The system of production credit associations were set
up by the Democrats for farm loans on a yearly productive
basis. When you consider it takes about 15 years for pear
trees to hit full production and peach trees about five years,
present loan terms are too short. (The local PCA granted its'
iirst o-year loan last ween.) '
Another comment: "Trouble Is, farmers won't all stick
to one loan institution. If they did, more equitable terms
could be worked out since it would pay such an institution
to make loan terms more attractive. When a depression comes
farmers will flock to the loan institution which will grant
me lowest interest rates, otnerwlse they go elsewhere."
Another comment: "Big
ibck oi transportation, mere has to be a comparatively
cheap way to ship farm products out of the valley in quantity."
Now comes County Assessor Ray Schumacher to answer
his farm critics who were quoted in last week's column: "In
my administration we have followed more closely to eco
nomic use in appraising farm lands. When appraising, we
consider the home site value of surrounding lands. We also
place agriculture iand values with adjustments for location,
topography, drainage and other factors.
"Lands close to good market centers anrl
always have a greater value
vaiues are iouna rjy a tnorough study of market sales
this area and related areas.
'People place their own values on lands by what they
buy and sell them for. The appraisers merely verify these
sales by personally contacting the buyers and sellers. The
information they get is correlated with the estimated market
value. Individual high or low sales do not control the value
placed for assessment," Ray emphasized.
One of the county appraisers waylaid us as we were
leaving the courthouse and said he knows of no land on
which the taxes were raised by more than $2 (two dollars)
an acre recently. ,
Digging through a pile of papers and envelopes Grandma
had stacked up neatly for us, we came on an advertisement
for an ant farm. Naturally, this was directed to the farm
editor. All we can say is this is the ideal gift for the farmer
who can sit in his living room and watch farmino it
used to was.
A loan institution here reDorts few Inarm inWon f v...
farmers to take advantage of today's feeder sale at the Mid
way auction yards. Perhaps one reason is that the forage
growth available for winter grazing in Oregon and the west
ern range county is the shortest In four or five years, ac
cording to an OSC report.
Possibly, farm machinery
this winter if not sooner. Six farm equipment plants and
three construction equipment plants will close for two to
five weeks to balance inventories of finished goods, accord
ing to a news release. International Harvester company
announced recently it will lay off about 17,000 workers
during this period. It represents about 46 per cent of the
firm's labor force. This firm reported a heavy carryover
of last year's spring farm implements. Some farm imple
ment manufacturers have already anticipated this market
trend, however and have already trimmed their employment.
To paraphrase an old saying, vou can lead Vm tn ivw
source sites, but you can't make them develop them. The
Rogue basin program is slowly getting under way after
early opposition. Now California is running into resistance
over the proposed $1.75 billion water bond measure. The
California State Grange Monday was expected to reaffirm
its opposition to the proposal.
As a California farm reporter staled, crnwth of the
golden state's agriculture Is mainly due to increased irriua-
tion. Field crop production there is now double what it
was in the 1930's. Only field crops that have dropped in
Importance In the past 20 years there have been wheat and
beans, both grown on unirrigatcd fields. The reDorlrV
quoted the California state director of agriculture: The state
has 139 commercial crops and 20 important products of live
stock and poultry.
Irrigation produces diversification. This, the California
ag director pointed out, indirectly helped California take
the agricultural lead away from Iowa. It produces only 69
crops. The same could happen in Oregon; but we will need
more and more water, to do it.
CHAT
to work on Granda, fed him a
really put the run on him.
agriculturist and hen fancier
the Jackson County Farmers
happened last week
20 people discuss local and
to the local Republicans. We
you consider the lina n in.
of the
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to nrnri,,n JZ .....
exDansion nf mihriivioinne it
farm problem in the valley is
than remote farm lands. These
nrices will show a slieht rimn
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TALL CORN Ernie Santo, himself 6 feet, 4 inches, stands
on a step-ladder to reach to the top of his corn growing on
his acreage at his Lozier lane home. He crossed this special
variety of corn himself to
larger than average ears of tender sweet corn.
Local Farmer Grows
Variety of
By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Farm Editor
The Rogue valley can grow
anything and Ernie Santo, of
Lozier lane, has set out to
prove n on his 1110 of an
acre.
He grows corn 14 feet tall,
sugar cane, nine foot tall
sorghum, yams, black-eyed
peas, peanuts and sunflowers
measuring 20 inches across,
to mention a few.
"We got the soil, we got
the climate," Santo said. "If
people would only try it they
would find they can grow
anything here. Trouble is I'm
gettin' old (He's 72.) Some
body else should take over
and work these things out."
Santo, a whipcord thin,
bronzed farmer 6 foot, Vi
inch tall is sure if people will
eat what he grows and stick
to a carefully balanced diet
they will live a long and
active life. He emphasized
that he uses only barnyard
manure and compost to en
rich. the good, black earth. No
sprays are used, although he
admitted the bugs sometimes
get the best, of him.
Traps Atop Sunflowers
Birds give him some trou
ble, too with his berries and
seed plants. This sounds like
a Texas tale, but the Santo
sunflowers are so big that he
can put squirrel traps atop
them to catch the birds who
go after the seeds. As you've
probably noticed the sunflow
er seeds have become an ever
more popular commodity in
the local stores. Santo claims
they contain a large amount
of vitamin C. After a steady
diet of sunflower seeds the
local Luther Burbank said he
could throw away his glasses.
A trip through the Santo
acreage is like a tour through
a plant museum. For instance,
tired of cracking the hardshell
walnuts? Santo raises a soft
shell variety from Sacramen
to, Calif. The veteran farmer
like a lot of us likes to eat
figs. Trouble is figs are sensi
tive to our usual early spring
frost. So. Santo imported a
variety from a New York
nursery which will stand as
much freezing as an apple
tree.
This plant experimenter
also figured a way to have
his wild plum jam and enjoy
Lawn
O TRACTORS
O TILLERS
O MOWERS
MUSTANG TILLERS
Model 2055
Reg. $163.0O-Sale I 17
Model 2067 Am ff
Reg. $231.00-Sale 17
Model 2044 tQA
Reg. $124.95-Sale 77
Model 2046 $ltO
Reg. $149.95-Sale IZ7
Model 2048 tlAA
Reg. $214.95-Sole
Model 2040 Combination
Tiller and Mower.
Reg. $233.20-Sale
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grow 14 feet tall. It produces
Crops
fresh plums right off the
tree, too. He crossed the wild
plum with the Tartarian cher
ry to make the plum sweeter
and more edible. Result was
a plum about the size of a
very large cherry.
Many Variety Tree Grown
Like a lot of backyard gar
deners, Santo was crowded
for room. Yet, he wanted
more fruit. He budded four
kinds of plums, one peach,
one almond and nectarine, all
on one tree.
The "plant nutterer" also
raises large, hot tasting arti
chokes which are considered
quite a delicacy at the best
dinner-parties. He raises cel
ery, too.
"People say celery won't
grow here. Well, you see it
don t you? Growing fine right
there!" Santo said.
Santo also claims to have
tound at least a partial cure
ior nis arthritis. Arthritis
simply the removal of grease
from the bones by eating too
many acid foods, he said. By
crossing an Italian and Ameri
can tomato he has removed
the acid from this plant.
Do you love to eat garlic
but hate sitting next to some
body who has also eaten it?
A crossing of hybrid garlic
and onion has eliminated this
problem, too, Santo says. He
also gets 25 cloves to this
plant. Santo pointed out that
three to four cloves per plant
are common place compared
to the average 13 or 20 his
plants produce. It's these
cloves which dried make the
garlic.
The plant experimenter
also produces Louisiana head
rice which he grinds into
flour.
He likes a tender corn so
has crossed yellow and white
sweet corn. More and more
Oklahomans and Texans must
be moving into the area. Some
fruit and produce men report
selling large amounts of black
eyed peas. Santo grows 'em,
too. He claims that this va
riety has vitamins not found
in other peas and beans.
Santo raises both bush and
vine yams. His yams are 11
inches long.
He also raises a new mild
white onion, and buckwheat
for his pancakes. Big banana
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(1 Slightly Used)
Ride-a-Matic Tractor
With battery, starter, genera
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Regular New Price
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SALE
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Big Y Feed & Seed Co.
1948 Pacific Hiway North Medford, Ore.
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No Soil Bank
Scheduled Here This Fall
There will be no signup this
fall of additional land or con
tracts under the soil bank con
servation reserve, Harry Mar-
Red Bluff Bull
Sale Evenis Set
Red Bluff, Calif.-The Cow
boy National Shrine and Hall
of Fame in Oklahoma City
will be featured at the 1961
Red Bluff Bull sale Feb. 2, 3,
4. Many Rogue valley stock
men attend tnis annual event.
This new phase to the big
annual Red Bluff event will
be the 1960 California Cow
boy Hall of Fame honoree
Roy Owens, a former 18 year
member of the Red Bluff bull
sale committee, according to
sale chairman Charles Stover.
Red Bluff.
A Hereford bull, donated
by American National Live
stock President and First Vice
President of the National
Cowboy Hall of Fame, Fred
Dressier of Gardnerville,
Nev., will be sold for the
Shrine.
The bull is being fed and
fitted for the auction by the
Lucky Hereford ranch at Si
erra county, California.
Other Hall of Fame events
being readied for the West's
largest sale of graded and in
spected bulls at Red Bluff will
include a banquet to which
descendants of the western
states honorees to the Shrine
will be invited.
Value of Good
Direction Noted
Dallas - The dollars-and-cents
value of good forest
management was spelled out
for Oregon communities re
cently by Sam Robb, of Wil
lamette Valley Lumber com
pany, Dallas, chairman of the
Oregon committee of Ameri
can Forest Products Indus
tries. Robb cited estimates from
a government study which
showed that for every 8,000
acres of timberland brought
into production by Tree Farm
methods, the community reaps
these benefits:
Some 296 more jobs are ere
ated. The local area gains 112
more households.
Local people achieve a to
tal added personal income of
$590,000 annually.
Local bank deposits in
crease by $270,000.
There are 170 more passen
ger cars.
Local retailers bet a total
of $360,000 more in yearly
retail sales.
The community gets four
new retail establishments.
Government scientist s
warned today that artificial
lighting may reduce egg pro
duction of young hens.
Poltrymen have been us
ing artificial light in encour
age egg production for many
years. But the Agriculture
Department reports that re
cent experiments show this
practice may be a handicap
if. it is started too early.
and a two storied squash are
also raised by the plant ex
perimenter. .
These are most of the fruit
and vegetable varieties raised
on the small plot of ground
on Lozier lane. If there are
others you can be sure Ernie
Santo will make them grow
in the good soil he has.
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New!
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SALE
PRICE
Sign-Ups
tin, Jackson County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Con
servation office manager, said
today in response to inquiries
from farmers regarding the
status of the program.
Martin also said that pro.
gram contracts which expire
in 1960 or later are no longer
eligible to be extended for an
additional period of years.
"Under the Soil Bank act
enacted in May of 1956," Mar
tin explained, "the Secretary
of Agriculture was authorized
to enter into Conservation Re- '
serve contracts with produ
cers during the five-year pe
riod 1956-60.
"The signup under the 1960
program was held last fall, so
that farmers would know in
advance of the cropping sea
son whether their land would
be accepted into the Conser
vation Reserve. Since the au
thorization to enter into new
contracts has not been extend
ed beyond 1960, there will be
no signup this fall." :
Contracts Still Good :
, "Farmers should under
stand, however, that the exist,
ing contracts for 1960 and
previous years will remain in
effect and payments will con
tinue to be made under them
for the period of the contracts
and in accordance with con
tract terms. The annual De
partment of Agriculture ap.
propriation bills provide mon
ey with which to meet obliga
tions already on the books.".
There are 34 Conservation
Reserve contracts in effect
this year in Jackson county,
involving a total acreage of
1,797 acres, Martin said. Con
tract periods range from 3 to
10 years, and annual rental
payments for 1960 amount to
approximately $24,069.
Nationally there are mora
than 300,000 Conservation Re
serve contracts in effect in
1960, covering a total acreage
of approximately 28.6 million
acres in 48 states. The aver
age rental payment is $11.85
per acre, and the rental pay
ments for 1960 will amount
to about $338 million.
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